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Improve Your Chess: Tricky Opening, Simple Tactic

Opening: A04: Reti Opening: Lisitsin Gambit

Player(s):

White plays an unusual gambit but misses a fourth move which would keep his advantage normal. Instead a series of small errors adds up to a queenless middlegame with White down a pawn. White tries to create counterplay but Black's solid play is more accurate. Finally White allows a removal-of-the-guard tactic and resigns, although he could have forced Black to find one more accurate move before the demise.